Did you watch the Oscars on Sunday night? The Academy Awards are hands-down my favorite awards show. In the months leading up to the big night I get out and see as many of the nominated films as possible and obsessively cross them off my list before finally marking my own ballot in the days leading up to Oscar Sunday. There were lots of great movies this year and it was nice to see some major categories spread around to different films. The Revenant took home Best Director and Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio (15-year-old me was THRILLED about this ;)….), Mad Max: Fury Road nearly cleaned up all the technical categories, and Spotlight won for its screenplay and the ultimate prize—Best Picture.
There are always great movies that started out as great books—and this year was no exception! I loved Room by Emma Donoghue and was not disappointed by the film adaptation. Here are the books that inspired a number of this year’s Oscar nominees—check them out!
The Big Short by Michael Lewis
Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith (later republished under the title Carol)
The Martian by Andy Weir
Room by Emma Donoghue
The Revenant: a Novel of Revenge by Michael Punke
The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
~Lauren
